Vandercook Lake

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and (5.38%) is water. The community is in central Jackson County, in the eastern part of Summit Township. It sits on the eastern side of Vandercook Lake, a water body on the Grand River. Part of the community is bordered to the north by the city of Jackson, the county seat. U.S. Route 127 forms the eastern edge of the CDP; the highway leads north to Interstate 94 northeast of Jackson and south to Hudson.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  9,174
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  8,831
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  8,650
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  8,529
• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  7,825
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  7,601
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  7,557
• White-breasted Nuthatch

  Sitta carolinensis Latham, 1790 · Aves
  7,291

Most recent

• M 2.7 — 2026-05-04
  8 km N of Maybee, Michigan
• M 3.2 — 2020-08-21
  2 km SSE of Detroit Beach, Michigan
• M 3.3 — 2015-06-30
  5 km NNE of Burlington, Michigan
• M 4.2 — 2015-05-02
  5 km S of Galesburg, Michigan